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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Chewy Homemade Granola Bars

If you haven't made granola bars before, you definitely should as these are delicious!! I saw these over at The Bird's Papaya and knew I had to try them.

This easy recipe is from allrecipes.com (though tweaked a little) and makes a 9 x 13 pan which I cut into 18 bars ... actually 17 bars if you take into account the one I ate for "quality control" purposes - YUM!

These granola bars take only about 5 minutes of prep time and best if all, there are no preservatives or additives in them like the bought ones. Next time I make them, I think I will try adding dried cranberries instead of the chocolate chips just for variety.

Chewy Homemade Granola Bars

4 1/2 c rolled oats

1c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract (I used artificial)

5/6 c margarine or butter (essentially just a bit shy of a whole cup)

1/3 c brown sugar

3/4 c honey

2 c mini chocolate chips (I used 1 c of reg. chocolate chips)

Heat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix margarine with the sugar.

Add in the baking soda, honey, vanilla extract together.

Add in the flour, oats and stir to coat evenly.

Add chocolate chips.

Press mixture into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 18-22 minutes or until golden ... remove and cut into bars but wait until they are completely cooled before removing them from the pan.

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